Category Archives: Indigenous art

Nordic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

The Nordic Museum is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden, preserve and bring to life the memory of life and work from 16th century to the present day. There is also an exhibition focusing on the…

Nordic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Long term Exhibitions, Afro Brasil Museum

The Permanent exhibition encompasses several facets of the African and Afro-Brazilian cultural universes, addressing themes such as religion, work, art, the African diaspora and slavery, and recording the historical trajectory and African influences in the construction ofBrazilian society. With over 6,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, documents and ethnological…

Long term Exhibitions, Afro Brasil Museum

Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets, Afro Brasil Museum

The exhibition “Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets”, explore the natural techniques used by communities in Africa to create beautiful textiles. The Afro Brasil Museum, an institution of the São Paulo State Department of Culture, reveals the beauty, symmetry, and diversity of patterns and decorative styles of Bakuba fabrics. The…

Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets, Afro Brasil Museum

Art, Adornment, Design and Technology in the Time of Slavery, Afro Brasil Museum

The exhibition “Art, Adornment, Design and Technology in the Time of Slavery”, celebrate Black Awareness Day that year, the exhibition brings together more than 70 objects from urban and rural crafts, composing a set that highlights the contributions of blacks to science and technology in Brazil. The visitor can check…

Art, Adornment, Design and Technology in the Time of Slavery, Afro Brasil Museum

African and Afro-Brazilian ethnology, Brazil National Museum (Digital Restoration)

The collection of African and Afro-Brazilian ethnologyof the National Museum was made up of approximately 700 objects. It encompassed both specimens produced by people from different regions of the African continent and testimonies of the cultural manifestations of the descendants of African peoples in Brazil. The nucleus of African objects…

African and Afro-Brazilian ethnology, Brazil National Museum (Digital Restoration)

Brazilian indigenous ethnology, Brazil National Museum (Digital Restoration)

The collection of Brazilian indigenous ethnology at the National Museum is among the largest in its type, covering more than 30,000 objects, produced by more than one hundred indigenous groups, from all regions of Brazil. This broad set – formed since the beginning of the 19th century, through field collections,…

Brazilian indigenous ethnology, Brazil National Museum (Digital Restoration)

Anthropology Halls in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

The National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) has 24 exhibition halls. The rooms dedicated to anthropology and pre-Hispanic cultures of the Mexican territory are located on the ground floor, from the Population of America to the Mesoamerican Postclassic Period. The permanent exhibitions on the ground floor cover all pre-Columbian civilizations located…

Anthropology Halls in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Ethnography Rooms in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

The National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) has 24 exhibition halls, of which 23 are permanent and one is for temporary exhibitions, which are sometimes museum samples from various museums in the world. The permanent rooms are distributed on the two floors of the building. The rooms dedicated to anthropology and…

Ethnography Rooms in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Ethnography Rooms in South Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Ethnography Rooms in South Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

The Rebozo Made in Mexico, Franz Mayer Museum

The exhibition on the rebozo – the classic Mexican shawl made famous in 20th century culture by artist Frida Kahlo. Nearly 200 pieces between rebozos, painting, photography, fashion and contemporary textile art from the United Kingdom and Mexico, make up the exhibition “The rebozo”. Made in Mexico explores the key…

The Rebozo Made in Mexico, Franz Mayer Museum

Zoology in Mexican art, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

The exhibition “Zoology in Mexican art”, has an area of insects, mammals, amphibians and reptiles reproduced from different materials or that appear in paintings and objects, such as vessels, pots and dishes, which accounts for the richness of flora and fauna in Mexico. More than 600 pieces that take up…

Zoology in Mexican art, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

Mexican handcrafts and folk art Collection, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

The Museum of Popular Art has more than 10,000 works, the collection consists of representative works of Mexican Popular Art in Pottery, Weakling, Vegetal fibers, Cherries, Toys, Maque or Lacquer, Lapidary, Wood, More expensive, Metalwork, Miniatures, Goldsmith, Paper and paperboard, Popular painting, Saddlery, Textile, Glass, Various ephemeral materials (horn, bone,…

Mexican handcrafts and folk art Collection, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

Talavera Ceramica, Painting on Earth and Space, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

The talavera of Puebla brings together a long artistic tradition with a millenary origin. Traditional poblano pottery has its origin at the time of the conquest. The process of realization of the talavera was influenced by the indigenous hand and that of the Middle East; Together they made this craft…

Talavera Ceramica, Painting on Earth and Space, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

Return from Angola, Ethnography Museum of Neuchâtel

With Return from Angola, the MEN team looks back on a key episode in the history of the institution: the 2nd Swiss Scientific Mission in Angola (MSSA), which was led by Neuchâtel researchers from 1932 to 1933 and which has supplied the Museum with a large part of its African…

Return from Angola, Ethnography Museum of Neuchâtel

World Cultures, National Museum of Scotland

In the World Cultures galleries you can encounter diverse peoples, cultures and objects, discovering how we differ and what we all share. The objects on display are drawn from some of museum’s oldest collections and demonstrate Scotland’s international links. The galleries are organised by theme, both offering insights into the…

World Cultures, National Museum of Scotland

HiSoUR – Hi So You Are

Hisour – History+Tour. Virtual Tour, Artwork Exhibition, Discovery History, Global Cultural Online.